Since then, a slew of these software companies—including Box (box), Salesforce, Net Suite, Tableau (data), Workday, and SAP (sap)—have all announced plans to use a public cloud (like AWS) as a deployment option for their own software.A public cloud—referred to within the industry as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (Iaa S)—consists of massive quantities of servers, storage, and networking owned-and-operated by one company, and then rented out to others.“It’s sad what our veterans have.” FITARA requires agencies to submit transparency plans detailing cost-cutting measures, but that has also not gone as expected."Friends don't let friends build data centers," said Charles Phillips, chief executive officer of Infor, a business software maker, about two years ago.

The objectives include minimal disruption, normal operations, certainty and speed.

The US federal government has faced numerous challenges over the years in its efforts to consolidate a huge number of data centers across the country. Already behind schedule, it is uncertain what the future holds for the Data Center Optimization Initiative, with a new administration that has yet to provide clarity on some of its most pressing questions.

Without a proper networking solution, enterprises are losing time, money, and productivity.